Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 28:21

θάνατος πονηρὸς ὁ θάνατος αὐτῆς, καὶ λυσιτελὴς μᾶλλον ὁ ᾅδης αὐτῆς. 22οὐ μὴ κρατήσει εὐσεβῶν, καὶ ἐν τῇ φλογὶ αὐτῆς οὐ καήσονται.
King James Version (KJV)

The death thereof is an evil death, the grave were better than it.

Modern English

Its death is a terrible death; even the grave is better than it.

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